System and method for advanced mission planning

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments generally relate to systems and methods that provide for a real-time, globally federated collaboration environment to support normalized Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination planning, scheduling and reporting. Specifically, exemplary embodiments provide an open software architecture that allows for collaboration across users, applications, and systems.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 two or more servers, each server comprising at least one processor and computer memory and hosting an open architecture environment that comprises a Model View Controller (MVC) scheme comprising layers of separation between each server and connected clients as well as one or more Application Programing Interfaces (APIs) configured as asynchronous tasks, wherein each server provides a specific functionality and is interconnected to provide a networked capability, and each server is modularly configured comprising a capability to be added or removed from the system without impacting operation of the system, and being configured to:
 receive data from one or more external sources as multiple data streams, wherein the received data comprises Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations data comprises multiple different classifications levels comprising at least top secret, secret, and unclassified; 
 process the received data, the processing comprising geoprocessing to provide maps and layers relevant to the received data; 
 normalize the received data, the normalizing comprising transforming the received data into one or more standard formats; 
 store the normalized data in at least one repository; 
 apply artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to the normalized data following storing the normalized data; and 
 utilize an interactive interface to dynamically display the normalized data to one or more end users, the interactive interface comprising a real-time dashboard generated by automated data feeds, a common operating picture, a graphical display of a chain of command relating to military forces, an organization and team management interface; and a hierarchical status and readiness reporting portion, wherein each end user is assigned a specific role defining a level of interaction with the system and that specific role is determined by each end user's position in the chain of command and is automatically updated by on each end user's assignment in the chain of command and location and wherein the common operating picture displays, in real-time to all users of the system, a worldwide status of a plurality of units including providing a live view, comprising at least full motion video from sensors associated with one or more units during mission execution. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising each server being configured to support multilingual collaboration. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hosting environment of each server is platform agnostic. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more servers are hosted in geographically separate locations. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geoprocessing is served by an open source software server comprising PostGIS and imagery file repositories. 
     
     
         6 . A system, comprising:
 two or more servers, each server comprising at least one processor and computer memory and hosting an open architecture environment that comprises a Model View Controller (MVC) scheme comprising layers of separation between each server and connected clients as well as one or more Application Programing Interfaces (APIs) configured as asynchronous tasks, wherein each server provides a specific functionality and is interconnected to provide a networked capability, and each server is modularly configured comprising a capability to be added or removed from the system without impacting operation of the system, and being configured to:
 receive and process data from one or more external sources as multiple data streams, wherein the received data comprises Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations data comprising multiple different classifications levels comprising at least top secret, secret, and unclassified; 
 normalize the received data, the normalizing comprising transforming the received data into one or more standard formats; 
 store the normalized data in at least one repository; 
 apply artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to the normalized data following storing the normalized data; 
 utilize an interactive interface to dynamically display, the normalized data to one or more end users, the interactive interface comprising a real-time dashboard generated by automated data feeds, a common operating picture, an organization and team management interface; a graphical display of a chain of command relating to military forces, and a hierarchical status and readiness reporting portion, wherein each end user is assigned a specific role defining a level of interaction with the system and the common operating picture is available to all end users, wherein the chain of command comprises a plurality of individual commands and the chain of command automatically determines what each end user has access to and options presented to each end user based on a position of each end user in the chain of command and is automatically updated based on each end user's assignment and location, 
 wherein the common operating picture displays, in real-time to all users of the system, a worldwide status of a plurality of units including providing a live view, comprising at least full motion video from sensors associated with one or more units during mission execution; 
 provide tailored information and options to each end user based on a position within the chain of command and operational tasking requirements generated by other users at higher levels in the chain of command, each end user being associated with one or more units comprising at least one of air or ground Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets; 
 accept input of information from each user regarding its associated one or more units, wherein the input of information comprises unit status and mission capability; and 
 accept input from one or more users to update a position within the chain of command. 
   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the processing of the received data comprises geoprocessing to provide maps and layers relevant to the received data. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the ISR operations data comprises one or more of air and ground ISR data. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the ISR operations data comprises full motion video.